The children held hostage during a four-hour Palm Bay standoff are safe Monday.

The children held hostage during a four-hour Palm Bay standoff are safe Monday.

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Updated: 5:50 PM EST Dec 9, 2013

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WEBVTT WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU MUCH MORE HERE THIS AFTERNOON. A BREVARD COUNTY FATHER IS IN JAIL ACCUSED OF HOLDING FOUR CHILDREN HOSTAGE. POLICE SAY THE MAN WAS SUICIDAL AND DRANK BLEACH DURING THE FOUR-HOUR ORDEAL. THOSE CHILDREN, ALL TEENS, ARE SAFE AFTER THE STANDOFF ENDED PEACEFULLY ON BIANCA DRIVE EARLY THIS MORNING. DAN BILLOW HAS THE LATEST. IN THE DARKNESS NEAR A BIANCA STREET HOME, FOUR KIDS AGE 13-17, HAD JUST ESCAPED WITH THEIR DOG FROM A MAN WHO HAD BEEN THREATENING THEM WITH A KNIFE. POLICE SAY, HE WAS THEIR MOTHER'S LIVE-IN BOYFRIEND. AND IT HAD ALL STARTED SUNDAY NIGHT WITH A 911 CALL. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN IN A HEATED ARGUMENT. THEY GOT THE WOMAN AWAY. HE WENT INSIDE. AND THAT'S WHEN OFFICERS FOUND OUT THERE WERE FOUR KIDS IN THERE. THE WOMAN TOLD POLICE THE MAN BATTERED HER AND THREATEN THEM ALL WITH A KNIFE. POLICE DECIDED IT WAS SAFER FOR EVERYONE TO TRY TO TALK THE MAN OUT BUT HOURS WENT BY WITH NO PROGRESS. IT GOT PRETTY TENSE ESPECIALLY WHEN WE KNEW THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN IN THE HOME AND HE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION THAT HE WAS ARMED AT THE TIME. WE WERE CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE INSIDE THE HOME. AT ONE POINT THE CHILDREN WERE HEARD SCREAMING INSIDE THE HOME. IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS OF TALKS WHILE POLICE CLOSED OFF THE STREET BUT FINALLY THE KIDS AND DOG WERE LET GO. THEIR CONDITION IS FINE AT THIS TIME. THEY WERE IN NO NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE MAN WHOM POLICE DID NOT IDENTIFY WAS LESS FORTUNATE. POLICE SAY HE DRANK BLEACH AND WAS SUICIDAL BUT SURVIVED. THEY SAID HE WOULD BE CHARGED

Children safe after four-hour Palm Bay standoff

The children held hostage during a four-hour Palm Bay standoff are safe Monday.